Re: BUG #6425: Bus error in slot_deform_tuple

On 3 Feb 2012, at 06:45, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> I probably ought to let the test case run overnight before concluding
> anything, but at this point it's run for two-plus hours with no errors
> after applying this patch:
>
> diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c

Thank Tom! I've had this running for a few hours now without problems. Previously, on Sparc, the problem would occur in less than a minute.

I did try a build with --enable-cassert and it didn't actually cause the problem. I think I left it for about an hour. Although a a relatively modern machine, this Sparc box I am using is painfully slow. My guess is that the extra time taken to perform the Assert code is hiding the problem.

Now it's time to persuade the customer to use a patched version of pg ;)

Cheers,
Duncan

P.S. I've been looking for an OS project to contribute to, and I think I'll see if I can help with pg. Time to look a the TODO list :)